Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-18
Sales, l49 800.
GENERAL HARRETS,
9ro6uce sind Proyisiops

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. l7--FIour very firm but
| quiet unchanged. Wheat very active anc
| higher, and advanced steadily until after the
noon call, when 1t broke, bat again recovered
| and closed &c sbnve We cerdav. No > red each
I5c; December 3 IS closing at 7'7&H Jtru-
ary 1880, ClOsi0g AZ tic bid; May Szzs0S324
| closing at S35sc. Corn active ana nigh r;
cash 4218C; NOvemb r 1850, closing 43c asked
December s255' closing at 4215c bid; Janu.ry
| at 4514c. Oats largely higher; ash 29ci De-
! cember &c; May sc. Cormeal higher at
81 / Whisky steaIy at 81 05 Provisions
strong and higher. Perks miner cured SIS p.
Lard S. 60G6 g. Dry salt meats-B0Xed shout
deTs s. 25 long C ears S. 15G6 sly; clear
ribs Sc c71a G6 70; short ceaTs Sc l212. Bacon
Boxed shoulders So So; long clears 81 SIX
clear ribs 81 IS; shors clears S. co.. Hams
steady at $40 t0@l2 90.
! CHICAGO. Ill. Nov 1.-THE battle in the
| pit day SCENE 10 be not so much between
bu Is and bears as tween bulls selling 10 c
| Al re and lake profits, and bulls who were tax
Ing wheat. corn and almost everything else, for
! stall fl lher advance, tn contrast was eXriL
Ing, and the fiHal results were decidedly mixes.
To ni9kt wheat shows az advance of 4 G4C
over YESTERDAY g close, VIII le corn ana pork
have declined 55025 respectively. Wheat
CT sed not far from the highest point OF the day.
Pork and cCro were n ly at the bottom when
Inc board opane1, ana Indications were thai
contrary to the usual GXaerier sc, the boom
VIII CHI YVES the feature of The closing of the
markets yes erday, Woul be continued to daY,
nea!Iy all Of the conditions zee red to rin.
this way. Cables cams Ia strong and higher
Of grain. December wheat opened IN
changed from yesterday at 1880; May "a
higher st SI3fc Thess prices were improved
on slightly in the t st ten minutes Of trading
'iut lhe dispC sitiOn OF thu crgwd to tske the
profits was too strOIg AID the lead thai came
on the markets took December wheat down to
T5no. This temp Orary appearance OF & breaF
was wiped out " ithiI a few minutes and high
bull fever was 'on," and there seemed to be No
sHnh thing as stopping It. he biz traders
threw large accounts OF stuff into the piG but
capacioue nav of the arzet guiped 1t down
and opened IL wide o. Eiorp. FIR IN 751z5 for
December wheat there WIS irregular and steady
bulge TO G6Hc, and after that point 1t eejtled
back TO BIC. The advance Ia wheat was stim
ulate9 by the heavy covering on the part Of the
something liEe l1a more for It than they sol@
IL Tor few Gays ago. The fact
thai such la.ge shorts were in
was considered by many as tie weakest eature
Cf the market, IN fact, after they flushed buy
ing there were fur'her declines all around,
wheat going TO 75%c, tx g ly the optni
figure; othe attr!bue ed the decline 10 weak
feeling due to q downward movement in corn
and pork. Whatevef cause there was in re-
action and wheat went 30 1850 December and
S23sc Nay, clos ne p ic,s which wire within
small fraction of tie days top figures. The
corn market appeared to be in rather oVerfed
cOndsticn, ana az there are llenty of people u
believe 1t, IL Ia going long way higher and IL
certainly balts u Gay to the biggest advance
lready gained. The volume of busiGess was
as larze as yesterday and the market was sen
stiive enough to chow wide CITATIONS under
ing or selling orders. The opening was at
451lc for December: 4521c for January
and 491a for nay. Under realizing sales If long
corn prices fell durins early trading to 49, for
y ecember ,46I@4555 for Jan airy and.49 for May.
There was reaction to 452s for December, As
for January and 495l for May. Then began
rHsh to sell. There was said TO be unlimtt-
amounts of May corn Tor sale st so and when
the price came SO near this selling figure, there
were enough who shaded 1t little to start
prices on Gown gra de agaia. and hey dropped
EQnn y
ana May 4SHG4SX. There wss another rally
before p. NJ, but only afternoon board prices
went off enC closed at AK for December snd
49, for May. Provisions were excited and TN
settled feeling prevailed. Rec-irts of hogs
were larger but prices :higher; advance, how
ever, had no effect on The marset Tor manufac.
tured pod cts. @ IN broke q ldeTs OF
D rk, lard and ios,who have been instrumental
in advancing the prices, bsg4n 10 realize hat
although 81 ere was good misc ellane Gus buying,
selling proved too heavy, ard q declile of 2214c
on porB, 75zG OF Ia. and I5c on short ribs was
recorded. reaction followed ar at O'Clock
pork was only l21l0.55 and Iard and short RIBS
2HG5c lower than yesterdays close la the
l. tier dealings lard remained unchanged and
closed 2Hc lower than at ! p n, while pork
lost enougn 10 make the decline nom the day
prevl9us p: 70. January, k,a1ing fq 7[H1os
December 761Sc; January 1879 Cofn-Noy M
her 45Hc; December 445sc. Janua'y 44'Sc May
4S5<c. Mess pork, uer barrel, January Sl1 51's
T, bIaary 81; so; May 3 SIX. LarG-Novf1n-
hec Sc 72H: re ember So 12H: January So ia;
February S. % Short ribs. January SO "a; FeD-
ruary SIS s.. cash quo atoms were as follows:
ffour STEADY, no. red, 761z: No. ? corn, IS:
macs pork per barrel, 1882 G$l3.5o; lard per 100
pounds So as; shorG ribs and SIDES loose.
S. f0Qs6. So: dry sailed shoulders boxed, $40
as a. eh. 1T clear sides, S..O767.l0
NEW ORLEANS, La. Nov. l7.-Flour quiet
bus Stead choice s. 25a5 81; fancy $87Oa3 10
extra fancy 81 o.; winter wheat patents 81 40
al 81; Minnesota patent process 81 75G4 S.
Corn strong and higher; mixed COO; white
ESd59s; yellow nomIn l. Gas frmer; No. 2
SIC CornT cal quiet at s. 80. Hay frmer;
PRODUCTS strong and higher. Pork Sl4 SO.
Lard S. 621S. Bul. meats-Shoulders s. 621l !;
long clear and clear Eibs 81 coal 12H. Bacon
SnouIders s. IS; ong clear ribs 81 S79S 90.
Hsms $40 750l1 IS. Whisky steady 8! 81 CSC
ISL C fee In light demand bat holders firm ];
Rio lI3Id20kc. Rice active and shaGe
higher at 47sH7Z. Cotton seed products